Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Overall schedule until residency starts

My 4th year schedule:

July-November: Take all required courses to graduate. For Thanksgiving, 2 weeks in Baltimore/DC for interviews and hang out at Chris's place for the holiday.

December-January: Interview at pediatric residencies across the country. Spend Christmas in Seattle. Keiko and Taisei accompany me to southern California and Utah, but no place to stay in northern California.

End of January-February: Elective rotation at Keio University Hospital in Tokyo. Keiko and Taisei join me to live in a rental apartment in Shinjuku, one of the busiest places in Tokyo.
February: List of ranked pediatrics programs due

March: Spend first 3 weeks in Hiroshima with Keiko's family. Finish Master of Public Health paperwork and final essay. Study Spanish.
March 17th: Match day, the day I find out which program I will be training at for the next 3 years.

End of March: Return to Seattle for 1 week and prepare for trip to Bolivia.
April: A total of 6 weeks in Bolivia. Work at clinic and hospital and study Spanish.
May: Return to Seattle and meet Keiko and Taisei there.
End of May: Graduation, MPH presentation.

June: Move to pediatric residency location.

July: Start pediatrics residency.
August: Baby #2 is born.

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